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the sudden resignation of general david petraeus as the director of the cia. that resignation being accepted by the president a wile ago. general petraeus admitting to an extramarital affair as a result of all of this. we're joined by our nbc news colleague andrea mitchell with more on this. what can you tell us at this point? >> it was as shocking to me as to everyone else in washington. i was hearing the reports overnight. then we did manage to confirm this and get the announcement that the cia director sent to the work force today. he says that he went to the white house and asked the president to be allowed for personal reasons to resign, that after 37 years of marriage, he showed, in his words, extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. he writes, such behavior is unacceptable as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours. this afternoon the president graciously accepted my resignation. he says as i depart, i want you to know it's been the greatest of privileges to have served with you. you have to believe how shocking
the sudden resignation of general david petraeus as the director of the cia. that resignation being accepted by the president a wile ago. general petraeus admitting to an extramarital affair as a result of all of this. we're joined by our nbc news colleague andrea mitchell with more on this. what can you tell us at this point? >> it was as shocking to me as to everyone else in washington. i was hearing the reports overnight. then we did manage to confirm this and get the announcement that...
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the former cia director testified the u.s. intelligence knew islamic militants were a threat in benghazi and specified soon after the september 11th attack in so-called talking points to be used with the public that al qaeda-type organizations were responsible for the attack. but as those talking points made the rounds of other national security organizations here in washington, the word al qaeda got changed to "extremists." and when the points got to u.n. ambassador susan rice, she made no mention of al qaeda or extremists when she went on nbc's "meet the press" five days after the attack. rice did tout the anti-terrorist accomplishments of president obama. pet rae ugs denies any political pressure on the cia to scrub al qaeda from its talking points. new york republican peter king said today, "we need to find out who did the scrubbing and why." larry, back to you. >> many thanks, steve handelsman, appreciate it. so why has general petraeus done a 180 on benghazi? this is a very serious issue. first he blames the attack on a
the former cia director testified the u.s. intelligence knew islamic militants were a threat in benghazi and specified soon after the september 11th attack in so-called talking points to be used with the public that al qaeda-type organizations were responsible for the attack. but as those talking points made the rounds of other national security organizations here in washington, the word al qaeda got changed to "extremists." and when the points got to u.n. ambassador susan rice, she...
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eastern time on street since, the cia sex scandal. is anything online ever private? plus, the big windows shakeup at microsoft. the ce. of nokia is on the show. his company betting big on windows and he used to work at microsoft. finally, google taking on apple and the ipad with on two fronts first with a tablet and now a new notebook. will it work? that is at 2 p.m. today on street since. ty? >>> christie's, as you probably know, already has sold $3.5 billion, with a b, worth of art so far this year and tomorrow evening it will auctioneerly half a billion worth more in postwar and con temporary works. and they include just an amazing list, a very rare franz klein will be going off the book, a roy liechtenstein, a gear hard richter, a mark rothko and the highlight of the show is andy war hall's 3-d silk screen of the statue of liberty. it's a power lunch exclusive right now. christie's brett gorvy is with us with that warhol behind him and joined by cnbc's wealth editor, robert frank. nice tough here with us. congratulations ahead of time because i think it's going t
eastern time on street since, the cia sex scandal. is anything online ever private? plus, the big windows shakeup at microsoft. the ce. of nokia is on the show. his company betting big on windows and he used to work at microsoft. finally, google taking on apple and the ipad with on two fronts first with a tablet and now a new notebook. will it work? that is at 2 p.m. today on street since. ty? >>> christie's, as you probably know, already has sold $3.5 billion, with a b, worth of art...
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the personal scandal bringing down general david petraeus at the cia. and similar scandals taking down ceos in the private sector, too. all leads to one conclusion for me personally. honor and personal responsibility do matter. congressman peter king is going to join me on this important topic a little later in the show. now, next up, will president obama's second term take the country over a regulatory cliff? national review online says today regulatory reform is more urgent now than ever. we are joined by robert locksly, president of the california business roundtable. hello to both you. ian a you heard mr. hofmeister knows a thing or two about this. we can knock the saudis off and change world politics and changes our balance of trade. will the epa block it, diana? >> well, i don't know but maybe we should listen to what president obama was saying last year. he was brag being the oil and gas development we have in the united states. we got to remind him about that when the new epa regulations come out. so we -- we want to make sure he doesn't bring o
the personal scandal bringing down general david petraeus at the cia. and similar scandals taking down ceos in the private sector, too. all leads to one conclusion for me personally. honor and personal responsibility do matter. congressman peter king is going to join me on this important topic a little later in the show. now, next up, will president obama's second term take the country over a regulatory cliff? national review online says today regulatory reform is more urgent now than ever. we...
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all while we don't have a cia director. we're going to ask a mideast expert in our next half hour. >>> now, wait a minute, take a look at this rare diamond. 76 carats. almost lost this story. 76 carats sold at auction in geneva last night for $21.5 million. the arch duke joseph diamond. it's flawless, colorless diamond which brought bidders in, and it's got a history belonging to a dynasty. how about that? >>> up next, the former cia director, david petraeus, put state secrets in peril. the president said there's no evidence, but senior senators accuse obama of a possible benghazi cover-up. we'll get right to that also. >>> this president and this administration has either been guilty of colossal incompetence or engaged in a cover-up, neither of which are acceptable to the american people. >>> we have this fiscal cliff staring us in the face. >> i don't think this country can tolerate another driving close to the precipice dynamic. >> most i know don't want to work with the government. >> don't even get close to the fiscal
all while we don't have a cia director. we're going to ask a mideast expert in our next half hour. >>> now, wait a minute, take a look at this rare diamond. 76 carats. almost lost this story. 76 carats sold at auction in geneva last night for $21.5 million. the arch duke joseph diamond. it's flawless, colorless diamond which brought bidders in, and it's got a history belonging to a dynasty. how about that? >>> up next, the former cia director, david petraeus, put state secrets...
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over to you. >> first of all, i'll start with acting cia director mike morell. he was talking with lawmakers today. one of the issues the senate intelligence committee is going to have to work out is whether or not david petraeus will come up and testify on thursday before the committee behind closed doors about what happened in the benghazi mess. he had been scheduled to testify. how this sex scandal and his resignation impacts that is being resolved now on capitol hill. let me bring you up to speed on everything going on in this sex scandal. it's a sprawling scandal. the person at the center of it appears to be jill kelley. she's the tampa socialite who was involved in some kind of e-mail relationship with general john allen. he's the marine corps general who commands u.s. troops in afghanistan. the nature of that e-mail relationship has been described as possibly inappropriate, has been defended by others. we don't know what the contents of the e-mails were. jill kelley apparently was perceived as a romantic rival to paula broadwell. broadwell is the biograph
over to you. >> first of all, i'll start with acting cia director mike morell. he was talking with lawmakers today. one of the issues the senate intelligence committee is going to have to work out is whether or not david petraeus will come up and testify on thursday before the committee behind closed doors about what happened in the benghazi mess. he had been scheduled to testify. how this sex scandal and his resignation impacts that is being resolved now on capitol hill. let me bring you...
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cia director david petraeus has submitted his letter of recommendation to the cia. petraeus taking over september 6, 2011. according to nbc news, david petraeus has submitted a letter of recommendation -- >> resignation. >> did i say resignation? >> you said recommendation. >> i did say recommendation? that's not right. i meant resignation. i'm not very good at this job. you get the point. david petraeus, letter of resignation. he's been there slightly more than one year. >> okay. let's get back to paul. paul, i want to ask you about the product placement. i understand there's record product placement in this bond movie, right? i think it's going to bring in, what, about $40 million in revenue. there's honda, heineken, sony. is this going to tick the viewer off? it's a little blatant, isn't it? >> well, it's pretty interesting because anything bond touches is automatically cool and people want it. it's sort of the ultimate product placement franchise. if bond is drinking coke zero or driving a specific car, all of the sudden than car, that product, that soft drink,
cia director david petraeus has submitted his letter of recommendation to the cia. petraeus taking over september 6, 2011. according to nbc news, david petraeus has submitted a letter of recommendation -- >> resignation. >> did i say resignation? >> you said recommendation. >> i did say recommendation? that's not right. i meant resignation. i'm not very good at this job. you get the point. david petraeus, letter of resignation. he's been there slightly more than one...
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the cia sex scandal taking another turn under a attack in belize. most bizarre of all, republicans and democrats may actually be getting along in washington, d.c. get more on these market, how they are reacting to everything going on. give it us to straight, bob. the sector with the biggest gains today is utilities? >> yep. >> and i have no idea why. >> well, i will give you some ideas here. the dow utilities has been down nine straight trading days, until today. we have had a turn around. that's the fiscal cliff, folks. that's what this rise above is all about, trying to figure out a solution to this they are up today for the first time, some of the northeastern utilities have been weak because of the concerns over sandy. by and large, fiscal cliff, higher taxes on dividend stocks a major reason we have seen the stocks weak. the first day we have seen a turn around, this is important, dividends more important than ever, virtuely a human part of the overall stock business. put up the numbers. this month, folks, the all-time record for dividend payou
the cia sex scandal taking another turn under a attack in belize. most bizarre of all, republicans and democrats may actually be getting along in washington, d.c. get more on these market, how they are reacting to everything going on. give it us to straight, bob. the sector with the biggest gains today is utilities? >> yep. >> and i have no idea why. >> well, i will give you some ideas here. the dow utilities has been down nine straight trading days, until today. we have had a...
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the issue is what happened during the attack on the consulate and the cia an ex. i think the general will be in a better position to talk about the forces that could have been brought into play there but were not. >> he has got to tell us. it is what rumsfeld has reported as known or unknown. >> it is keystone cops. the department of justice knew about this. nobody bothered to tell the president about this? >> it is one or the other. sometimes we give obama more than he deserves. they could be strumbling over their feet over there it should have been told to the president and the house and senate committee chiefs and it was not. i think diane feinstein is justifiable ripped and she is going to get even somehow >> i'm not blaming president obama for all of this stuff. what looks like has happened is his national security team has broken down on this. it just broke down. it is only going to get worse. >> a lot of people my friends in the military they are going to be resigning in droves. it is going to be ugly. >> we'll have you back to talk about that one. breaking
the issue is what happened during the attack on the consulate and the cia an ex. i think the general will be in a better position to talk about the forces that could have been brought into play there but were not. >> he has got to tell us. it is what rumsfeld has reported as known or unknown. >> it is keystone cops. the department of justice knew about this. nobody bothered to tell the president about this? >> it is one or the other. sometimes we give obama more than he...
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out of the cia's report. bill. >> mystery deepens tonight. steve handelsman there in washington. thanks very much. >> a lot of questions with answers unfilled. thank you very much. >>> ding dongs, no more. twinkies are toast. >> did you ever have a twinkie? >> i had my first one this week. >> i thought so. you had that whole closet there. >> i did not grow up with those iconic brands in australia. well, hostess brands is going out of business because one-third of its 18,000 workers failed to reach a deal with management. why did the union give up lower paying jobs for no jobs at all? we'll have that debate next. >> looking forward to that. >>> also ahead, did you camp out to see the last "twilight" movie? as the final film hits the series, lionsgate is hoping for another wave of popular receipts. we'll have the lionsgate trade coming up. >>> also, how do you profit from poverty and feel good about it? meet the man doing just that. we'll explain. what makes the sleep number store different? you walk into a con
out of the cia's report. bill. >> mystery deepens tonight. steve handelsman there in washington. thanks very much. >> a lot of questions with answers unfilled. thank you very much. >>> ding dongs, no more. twinkies are toast. >> did you ever have a twinkie? >> i had my first one this week. >> i thought so. you had that whole closet there. >> i did not grow up with those iconic brands in australia. well, hostess brands is going out of business because...
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director potentially there was a national security breach with your cia director. do you believe you should have known sooner or are you withholding judgment until the investigation is complete on that front? and then the follow-up to jessica's question -- tax rates. are you -- is there no deal at the end of the year if tax rates for the top 2% aren't the clinton tax rates, period? no, if, ands or buts. >> i am withholding judgment with respect to how the entire process surrounding general petraeus came up. we don't have all the information yet. but i want to say that i have a lot of confidence generally in the fbi. they've got a difficult job. and so i'm going to wait and see to see if there's any other -- [ inaudible question ] >> i mean, chuck, what i'll say is, it is also possible that had we been told, then you'd be sitting here asking a question about why were you interfering in a criminal investigation. so i think it's best right now for us to just see how this whole process unfolded. with respect to the tax rates, i just want to emphasize, i am open to new
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the coincidence of having a relationship of some kind with the head of the cia and a relationship that involved potentially inappropriate e-mails with the top commander in afghanistan is something worth looking at. >> 30,000 pages? >> 30,000 pages of inappropriate, what does that mean? >> triple spacing? >> does that mean picture? >> you've had students, triple spacing. >> the margins. it's all courier font and you adjust the margins. >> maybe sharing material, is that what we're talking about? >> it's unclear. i haven't seen the e-mails but your friend and mine ben white at politico tweeted that is more pages than "war and peace" so clearly the general had some spare time on his hands to compose these e-mails and send them off. >> you have twins and then you need two generals i guess. >> maybe it was reply all. >> so much better than "army wives." >>> will the estate tax kill an economic comeback? joining us now his take is rbc wealth management ceo john taft his company manages $227 billion worldwide. walk us through the estate tax implications and what you're telling clients they ne
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the cia, classified briefings. and after them, house democrats came out to report the agency threw a lifeline, if you will, to embattled obama u.n. ambassador susan rice, corroborating ambassador rice's account of what she knew and when she knew it, even though we know now that what she was told and what she repeated was wrong about benghazi. libya remains highly political, partisan and even personal. libya's become a battle between president obama and republican senator ginnie mae who insisted again today the administration knew quickly that al qaeda had attacked. >> and for the president of the united states for two weeks afterwards to deny that that was the case is either a cover-up or it is incompetence. >> reporter: obama u.n. ambassador susan rice denied it, infuriating republicans. mike morrell on the hill today briefed some lawmakers on libya. one, a democrat said the account backed rice, that u.s. intelligence did give her the incorrect account that she passed on. >> this was a spontaneous protest that evo
the cia, classified briefings. and after them, house democrats came out to report the agency threw a lifeline, if you will, to embattled obama u.n. ambassador susan rice, corroborating ambassador rice's account of what she knew and when she knew it, even though we know now that what she was told and what she repeated was wrong about benghazi. libya remains highly political, partisan and even personal. libya's become a battle between president obama and republican senator ginnie mae who insisted...
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now that the cia director and in coming head of lockheed martin had to resign so publicly at the height of their careers, will this change the culture of sex and the ceo? >>> plus, an inside look at the other people who get caught in the cross fire. >>> if lawmakers do not reach a budget deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, federal taxes will be raised by more than $500 billion in 2013, an average of almost $3,500 per household. having you ship my gifts couldn't be easier. well, having a ton of locations doesn't hurt. and my daughter loves the santa. oh, ah sir. that is a customer. let's not tell mom. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. fedex office. part of a whole new line of tablets from dell. it's changing the conversation. ♪ >>> welcome back to "power lunch." we are looking at facebook. looks like a looming lockuppics piration this week on november g in facebook's put ve triggered options. options traders certainly talking about this activity. shares were down more than 1% earlier this today. around $19. seeing a little bit of a turnaround now as you see in the intraday
now that the cia director and in coming head of lockheed martin had to resign so publicly at the height of their careers, will this change the culture of sex and the ceo? >>> plus, an inside look at the other people who get caught in the cross fire. >>> if lawmakers do not reach a budget deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, federal taxes will be raised by more than $500 billion in 2013, an average of almost $3,500 per household. having you ship my gifts couldn't be easier. well,...
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he's the director of the cia. you know secrets get past on the pillow. >> we'll leave it there. thank you very much, wendy walsh, dan gross. >>> meanwhile from ceo sex scandals to murder accusations. the founder of antivirus company mcafee reportedly wanted for questioning in the murder case in belize. robert frank now with the shocking story. >> various media stories say mcafee is sought for questioning in the murder of an american in belize. mcafee hasn't returned my calls for comments or my e-mails. few entrepreneurs have had as colorful life as john mcafee. off faunding the software in his '80s his net worth soared to more than $100 million. he owned a jet, invested millions in financial markets. as he told cnbc's david faber -- >> i had really more money than a person could reasonably be expected to spend, assuming you fight hard and worked at it eight hours a day. >> now, get this, when the crisis hit mcafee's investments crashed. his $100 million became $4 million. he moved to belize to start new companies in transportation and pharmaceuticals. he told me in 2010 that bel
he's the director of the cia. you know secrets get past on the pillow. >> we'll leave it there. thank you very much, wendy walsh, dan gross. >>> meanwhile from ceo sex scandals to murder accusations. the founder of antivirus company mcafee reportedly wanted for questioning in the murder case in belize. robert frank now with the shocking story. >> various media stories say mcafee is sought for questioning in the murder of an american in belize. mcafee hasn't returned my...
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conference meanwhile today on everything from the fiscal cliff to the sex scandal involving former cia director david petraeus and the embassy attack in libya. eamon javers is in washington right now. he has the highlights. >> hi, maria. no specific olive branch here from the president during the press conference to republicans in terms of the fiscal cliff negotiations. the president twice now referencing his own re-election, suggesting the american people voted here for a very specific set of outcomes. take a listen. >> if there's one thing that i'm pretty confident about, it's the american people understood what they were getting when they gave me this incredible privilege of being in office another four years. >> the president did take a hard line on extending the bush tax cuts. >> what i'm not going to do is to extend bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% that we can't afford and according to economists will have the least positive impact on our economy. perhaps the fieriest moment in all of this is in the discussion over libya. the president talking about u.n. ambassador susan rice,
conference meanwhile today on everything from the fiscal cliff to the sex scandal involving former cia director david petraeus and the embassy attack in libya. eamon javers is in washington right now. he has the highlights. >> hi, maria. no specific olive branch here from the president during the press conference to republicans in terms of the fiscal cliff negotiations. the president twice now referencing his own re-election, suggesting the american people voted here for a very specific...
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states, then you don't know how hour defense department thinks are or our state department thinks or our cia thinks. their number one priority is obviously protecting american lives. that's what our job is. now -- ed, i'll put forward -- i will put forward every bit of information that we have. i can tell you that immediately upon finding out that our folks were in danger, that my orders to my national security team were -- do whatever we need to do to make sure they're safe. and that's the same order that i would give any time that i see americans are in danger, whether they're civilian or military. because that's our number one priority. with respect to the issue of manda mandate, i've got one mandate. i've got a mandate to help middle class families and families that are working hard to try to get into the middle class. that's my mandate. that's what the american people said. they said work really hard to help us. don't worry about the politics of it, don't worry about the party interests, don't worry about the special interests. just work really hard to see if you can help us get ahead,
states, then you don't know how hour defense department thinks are or our state department thinks or our cia thinks. their number one priority is obviously protecting american lives. that's what our job is. now -- ed, i'll put forward -- i will put forward every bit of information that we have. i can tell you that immediately upon finding out that our folks were in danger, that my orders to my national security team were -- do whatever we need to do to make sure they're safe. and that's the...
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former cia director david petraeus was answering questions on capitol hill today but not about the scandal that led to him resigning. in a private hearing, he told lawmakers that he believed all along that the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya was a terrorist strike despite how the white house initially portrayed it. of the scandal that led him to resign, petraeus expressed his regret about the circumstances of his departure but said nothing more. simon? >>> two major breaking stories right now impacting the oil market. there's been an explosion on an oil rig in the gulf of mexico off the coast of venice, louisiana. a company called black elk energy operates that rig. reports are that a worker may have cut a line with a settling torch. four people have been rushed to the hospital, two are reportedly still missing. so far we have no reports of oil actually leaking into the gulf. >>> meanwhile, also breaking right now, the u.n. nuclear agency says iran is about to double output of higher enriched uranium. now that is a material that can easily be turned, we're told, into a nucl
former cia director david petraeus was answering questions on capitol hill today but not about the scandal that led to him resigning. in a private hearing, he told lawmakers that he believed all along that the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya was a terrorist strike despite how the white house initially portrayed it. of the scandal that led him to resign, petraeus expressed his regret about the circumstances of his departure but said nothing more. simon? >>> two major...
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of power that we're talking about are so high, where these people would know the whereabouts of the cia director, know his activities, even maybe privy to some of the stuff about the benghazi investigation that no one else is privy to. who had sex, who didn't. >> 30,000 pages of e-mails. >> that the other guy sent. >> general allen and jill kelley -- >> that appear to be a little bit weird. >> he said yesterday he was just cc'd. >> which is even weirder. >> which takes away from the fiscal cliff. i had some viewers that were laughing at me because i was saying do we go with closing loopholes and deductions or do we go with letting the tax cuts expire on the wealthy. and they were laughing. they said obama's going to do both. he's going to ask for both. he's going to want all of it. if it's 1.6 -- >> 1.6 trillion over ten years. >> twice where we were with boehner. but might be the beginning of bargain point. but you get 820 billion. so there's another 800 billion. at this point, the others are saying no cuts to medicare, social security, or anything else. and they have to find another 8
of power that we're talking about are so high, where these people would know the whereabouts of the cia director, know his activities, even maybe privy to some of the stuff about the benghazi investigation that no one else is privy to. who had sex, who didn't. >> 30,000 pages of e-mails. >> that the other guy sent. >> general allen and jill kelley -- >> that appear to be a little bit weird. >> he said yesterday he was just cc'd. >> which is even weirder....
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we'll ask her if she could have spotted the affair that brought down the head of the cia. how are you? >>> investigation discovery is discovery communication's biggest growth story. 42 consecutive months of prime time gains and joining us is the host of the network's "deadly affairs" program, susan lucci. you might know her as erica kane on the long running soap opera "all my children" and gai'm getting input. "deadly affairs" this isn't they're deadly, they ruin someone's career. someone has died. >> someone has died and joe you asked me earlier does someone have to die? that's the question, why don't people walk away, i don't know why or divorce would be an option, but these are love triangles, crimes of passion, just gone as wrong as they possibly can go. >> and you never run out. >> that is another shocking aspect of this. i mean truth is stranger than fiction, but what really makes my jaw drop is how many of these cases have gone on and are going on and they're going on next door and down the street. >> we have an "american greed" and never run out. >> what's great is
we'll ask her if she could have spotted the affair that brought down the head of the cia. how are you? >>> investigation discovery is discovery communication's biggest growth story. 42 consecutive months of prime time gains and joining us is the host of the network's "deadly affairs" program, susan lucci. you might know her as erica kane on the long running soap opera "all my children" and gai'm getting input. "deadly affairs" this isn't they're deadly,...
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or for someone in the cia. that remains to be seen. i'm a very strong believer that we need a strong and effective covert action capability and intelligence capability, and it's a sad thing if it in any way diminishes those capabilities. >> there is a conspiracy theory at the moment that this may all be linked to the fact that general petraeus was due to appear before congress and testify about the attack in benghazi in the next few days. there is an ap report that came out today which says it was 14 hours before any american military arrived on the scene. which seems, in this day and age, absolutely astonishing. could it be that he's put on an affair to stop a wider scandal? >> i doubt that. we'll get to the bottom of benghazi. why was security not improved in the month leading up to the attack? what actually happened during the attack on why it took so long for military support to get there, and to make of the administration's varying stories about what actually happened there. we will get to the bottom of th
or for someone in the cia. that remains to be seen. i'm a very strong believer that we need a strong and effective covert action capability and intelligence capability, and it's a sad thing if it in any way diminishes those capabilities. >> there is a conspiracy theory at the moment that this may all be linked to the fact that general petraeus was due to appear before congress and testify about the attack in benghazi in the next few days. there is an ap report that came out today which...
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david petraeus out as director of the cia. the four-star general and architect of the war in iraq resigned after admitting he had an affair. suzanne kelly has the latest. >> hi, erin, well, a u.s. official confirms to cnn that the fbi investigated a tip that he was involved in an extramarital affair, paula broadwell. she spent a year with petraeus in afghanistan for the book he wrote. cnn has not been able to reach broadwell for a comment and it's not clear whether she is the woman whom petraeus had the affair. the counterintelligence unit investigated the tip to see if there was a security risk. they said tl not suggestion that the fbi was investigating for wrong doing. the concern was that he could be in a vulnerable spot. >> and is there any information that you have in terms of this information that the fbi had as to whether this woman that you mentioned, paula broadwell, we'll talk more about her, that she would have accessed his information with his approval or unbeknowest to him? >> i know the two kept in touch. i've wo
david petraeus out as director of the cia. the four-star general and architect of the war in iraq resigned after admitting he had an affair. suzanne kelly has the latest. >> hi, erin, well, a u.s. official confirms to cnn that the fbi investigated a tip that he was involved in an extramarital affair, paula broadwell. she spent a year with petraeus in afghanistan for the book he wrote. cnn has not been able to reach broadwell for a comment and it's not clear whether she is the woman whom...
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the cia, yes, it does not hold prisoners. but that compound in benghazi was more than the cia. there were several contracting groups. the pentagon. there was a military unit in the area at the time. it was not delta forces as reported. but there was a military unit. i've been assured they did not hold prisoners. maybe the libyans picked him up and accuses people at the consulate of taking -- we just don't have the details. >> are we not going to get answers on the invest because of this? some want him to, but -- >> you know, why would the cia have a fire base in benghazi, libya? why was it not better protected? why did we not know that whole base was ringed by al-qaeda related militias and why did this investigation start in the first place because a harassment complaint to the fbi just never goes any way unless it's comarried with another piece of information and we don't have what that other piece of information is, because it's sensitive. and that's why we're asking so many questions. >> and we're going to keep asking them until we get answers and bob, thank you very much fo
the cia, yes, it does not hold prisoners. but that compound in benghazi was more than the cia. there were several contracting groups. the pentagon. there was a military unit in the area at the time. it was not delta forces as reported. but there was a military unit. i've been assured they did not hold prisoners. maybe the libyans picked him up and accuses people at the consulate of taking -- we just don't have the details. >> are we not going to get answers on the invest because of this?...
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director or the former cia director. i don't think that's the reason because i think he's much more intelligent than to believe that. >> people are saying it's just extraordinary that the fbi would even be investigating something that on the face of it appeared so trivial. you have this woman, miss kelley, and she apparently is receiving harassing e-mails but it's being made clear from leaks tonight these were not of an "i'm going to kill you" threatening nature. they were just accusing her of being a bit too big for her boots around the army camp and so on. that kind of tone of e-mail. it -- >> it sounded as if they were accusing her of more than that. possibly being too big for her clothing. but go ahead. >> right. either way, we're not talking about sinister death threats. why would the fbi be involved in this anyway? >> the fbi is supposed to investigate predicated federal crimes. and they don't know when they start an investigation precisely whether the evidence ultimately will show there was a crime. i don't know w
director or the former cia director. i don't think that's the reason because i think he's much more intelligent than to believe that. >> people are saying it's just extraordinary that the fbi would even be investigating something that on the face of it appeared so trivial. you have this woman, miss kelley, and she apparently is receiving harassing e-mails but it's being made clear from leaks tonight these were not of an "i'm going to kill you" threatening nature. they were just...
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look, this is a real problem for the morale and continuity of the cia. they have been through something like seven directors in eight years. this is not -- they lived through worse. they lived through the bombing where they lost members but the problem is the death by a thousand cuts. the clip you played by dianne feinstein suggests she calls it peeling layers of an onion. what we don't know is the whole story, the facts of the story. this jill kelley, it's sort of odd these harassing e-mails. why would a private citizen getting harassing e-mails merit the attention of the fbi at all? much less when they looked at it and saw there was no direct threats in it, why did they continue that investigation? >> it seems like from everything i read, i'm just citing this "wall street journal" report i just read, this initial fbi agent who according to the "wall street journal" was barred from further investigation and allegedly sent shirtless pictures to miss kelley, she approached him again according to the "wall street journal" and he's the one who kind of start
look, this is a real problem for the morale and continuity of the cia. they have been through something like seven directors in eight years. this is not -- they lived through worse. they lived through the bombing where they lost members but the problem is the death by a thousand cuts. the clip you played by dianne feinstein suggests she calls it peeling layers of an onion. what we don't know is the whole story, the facts of the story. this jill kelley, it's sort of odd these harassing e-mails....
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>> he said it began a couple of months after he got to the cia. and i talked to him about the difficulty that i had with my transition to civilian life, that you leave behind your comrades in arms, the brotherhood and sisterhood of the closed fight, people with shared bonds and experiences, and you miss soldiers. and he indicated that was exactly what was going on in his life at that time, and unfortunately, he found the wrong person to find solace with. paula made herself available to go running with him and so forth, and i think he reached out to the wrong person in his time of need. he felt a void in his life. >> colonel, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> next, parents gone wild. a new idea that a lot of people, us, think is nuts. 1(k) into a fidelity ira. man: okay, no problem. it's easy to get started; i can help you with the paperwork. um...this green line just appeared on my floor. yeah, that's fidelity helping you reach your financial goals. could you hold on a second? it's your money. roll over your old 401(k) into a fidelity ira and t
>> he said it began a couple of months after he got to the cia. and i talked to him about the difficulty that i had with my transition to civilian life, that you leave behind your comrades in arms, the brotherhood and sisterhood of the closed fight, people with shared bonds and experiences, and you miss soldiers. and he indicated that was exactly what was going on in his life at that time, and unfortunately, he found the wrong person to find solace with. paula made herself available to go...
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petraeus had a distinguished military career before being chose ton head up the cia. he xharnded u.s. forces in iraq and afghanistan. he was also considered by some to be a possible presidential candidate. cnn military analyst james spider marks talked with me earlier about petraeus' legacy. >> it's terribly unfortunate. i do know general dave petraeus. in fact, we knew each other in high school and certainly at west point and then i had the great good fortune of serving along him in a number of assignments to include combat in iraq early on and paula broadwell was a young officer who worked for me about a decade ago, and she's just immensely gifted, bright, talented, fit, a great representative of the very best our nation brings forward. so you have these two incredibly gifted folks, and they make a human frailty, but at the end of the day leadership is all about competence and character, and in the case of dave petraeus, no one, no one would challenge his competence. that's a matter of record. but at the end of the day his character indicated a bit of a frailty, and
petraeus had a distinguished military career before being chose ton head up the cia. he xharnded u.s. forces in iraq and afghanistan. he was also considered by some to be a possible presidential candidate. cnn military analyst james spider marks talked with me earlier about petraeus' legacy. >> it's terribly unfortunate. i do know general dave petraeus. in fact, we knew each other in high school and certainly at west point and then i had the great good fortune of serving along him in a...
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but the cia is going to be just fine. they'll find somebody to replace him and it will keep driving on. we'll be okay. >> have you had a chance to speak to either party since it happened? >> i have not. it would be inappropriate and they're being bombarded, it's a moment of private time to get their arms around what their next steps in life are. >> it's not right to have an affair but no one is perfect. everyone makes mistakes so we hope they both recover and especially mrs. petraeus and they move on and get their lives together. >> absolutely, don, i completely concur. >> wlet's talk more about iran. iranian jets fired on a drone while it was on a routine surveillance mission. it's the first time this apaurntly has happened. what could iran's intention be here? >> clearly iran is getting much more boisterous and they know they're under the spotlight. they're suffering commercially as a result of the economic sanctions but there is no discernible causal link between those sanctions and their nuclear development. yet they
but the cia is going to be just fine. they'll find somebody to replace him and it will keep driving on. we'll be okay. >> have you had a chance to speak to either party since it happened? >> i have not. it would be inappropriate and they're being bombarded, it's a moment of private time to get their arms around what their next steps in life are. >> it's not right to have an affair but no one is perfect. everyone makes mistakes so we hope they both recover and especially mrs....
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who will be the cia director? this whole national security team is going to require some reshuffling. it's a major headache that the president has, but that's why he's president of the united states, commander in chief, dealing with these kinds of issues. >> that's right. and john allen for now keeps his post. all right. wolf, great to see you as always. >>> and be sure to join wolf today at 4:00 p.m. eastern time in the "situation room" right here on cnn. those surprising little things she does still make you take notice. there are a million reasons why. but your erectile dysfunction that could be a question of blood flow. cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. do not take
who will be the cia director? this whole national security team is going to require some reshuffling. it's a major headache that the president has, but that's why he's president of the united states, commander in chief, dealing with these kinds of issues. >> that's right. and john allen for now keeps his post. all right. wolf, great to see you as always. >>> and be sure to join wolf today at 4:00 p.m. eastern time in the "situation room" right here on cnn. those...
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she is a member of the cia external advisory committee. fran, you said that this is a terrible blow for the country, aside from losing his expertise to the cia what other reprecussions do you see to the intelligence community? >> you know what, i think we have to put this in perspective. while much of washington, i think, the country was shocked by yesterday's news of david petraeus' resignation, the cia is an agency that has suffered terrible losses. remember, at the coast bombing they lost a good number of their own offices, who were killed. so, this is an agency that understands the depths of loss and the heights of success and the killing of bin laden. they're going to be fine. move on as an organization and the new acting deputy director career analyst from the cia. he was george w. bush's presidential briefer. he is an absolute professional and respected throughout the agency. look, i expect that the cia will be, you know, certainly competently and well led and they will continue to focus on their mission as they have through other s
she is a member of the cia external advisory committee. fran, you said that this is a terrible blow for the country, aside from losing his expertise to the cia what other reprecussions do you see to the intelligence community? >> you know what, i think we have to put this in perspective. while much of washington, i think, the country was shocked by yesterday's news of david petraeus' resignation, the cia is an agency that has suffered terrible losses. remember, at the coast bombing they...
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out that the cia director was involved. >> let's look at this through the eye of a cia veteran. former director of operations in the middle east and now a cnn contributor, robert, welcome. >> good morning. >> so you heard peter king. you've heard him over the weekend. is there something fishy about this? >> completely. every day i wake up and i see one new revelation after another, which sort of discredits things in the past. but i have some real problems with this and one is that the fbi does not investigate e-mails, harassing e-mails as a matter of course. something very early on got them interested in this case, got them to get into the e-mails and apparently monitor broadwell's account, which takes a title 3 subpoena. >> paula broadwell, the alleged mistress -- i want to explain further so the audience understands. there was some question about classified documents and she had those classified documents in her control but eventually fbi says that those weren't connected to david petraeus at all. >> that's fine. but the fact is, a crime has been committed by taking classified
out that the cia director was involved. >> let's look at this through the eye of a cia veteran. former director of operations in the middle east and now a cnn contributor, robert, welcome. >> good morning. >> so you heard peter king. you've heard him over the weekend. is there something fishy about this? >> completely. every day i wake up and i see one new revelation after another, which sort of discredits things in the past. but i have some real problems with this and...
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>> when you are the head of the cia, that potentially compromise the director of the cia and it's an obviously very -- if you are hiding something like that, and you are not only have classified information but you are not only top secret but you are at the top of the pins kl in the intelligence community. that's an area potentially of vulnerability and it sends a serious message down the chain of command when you are talking to intelligence officers at the cia or other agencies of the u.s. government. one of the things we are always warning you, don't get involved in extra a marital affairs because you noe don't know who the man or woman might be and they could be agents for hostile power or whatever, someone trying to entrap you. they called it a honey trap in the old days in the espionage novels and all of that. it is a serious issue in the intelligence community. it is a serious i issue any place but especially in the intelligence community and i assume, i don't know in for a fact, i assume it was probably going to come out and he decided i will resign and take the hit. it's time
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>> no, the cia is going to send the acting director of the cia now, named by the president yesterday, michael morrell, a 32-year veteran of the agency, seeing the u.s. against every major crisis. he has assumed a leadership role. and been involved in the benghazi incident. i know for a fact he has been very passionate about every development. now there are some members of congress who still say we want to see david petraeus in that chair, but it is not really clear if that will happen, right now, it is michael morrell. >>> thank you very much. >>> ahead, deadly violence in the gaza strip, and violence between the countries. [ male announcer ] break the grip of aches or arthritis pain with odor free aspercreme. powerful medicine relieves pain fast, with no odor. so all you notice is relief. aspercreme. limb >>> palestinians in gaza say there was wounds from an artillery attack. medics say tank shells hit the area, wounding at least 24. the firing happened in galvesza after a tank shell hit the area. >>> and as cnn's ivan watson shows us, turks are afraid they could be dragged into this
>> no, the cia is going to send the acting director of the cia now, named by the president yesterday, michael morrell, a 32-year veteran of the agency, seeing the u.s. against every major crisis. he has assumed a leadership role. and been involved in the benghazi incident. i know for a fact he has been very passionate about every development. now there are some members of congress who still say we want to see david petraeus in that chair, but it is not really clear if that will happen,...
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they didn't seem to match those from cia. does that worry you? >> we spent an extensive amount of time. i asked a lot of questions, as did others in that regard. answer questions that have to be -- in the end, we want to provide a factual and realtime report of what happened and obviously, people need to take responsibility on what we come to, but i don't want to get ahead of the game here. i think we will learn more as we go forward with petraeus and then with hearings following that. >> before the hearing today, i just want to quote you back to yourself, but here it goes. you said this administration has been far too candid about successful operations like the raid on osama bin laden. but has been far too quiet on the tragic attack on benghazi. why do you think that was so? >> well, you know, it took eight weeks for us to start to get the information we started to get and that was only by subpoena, but bringing the actors into the intelligence committee for briefings. there's a lot of delay, speculation, that this had something to do with the e
they didn't seem to match those from cia. does that worry you? >> we spent an extensive amount of time. i asked a lot of questions, as did others in that regard. answer questions that have to be -- in the end, we want to provide a factual and realtime report of what happened and obviously, people need to take responsibility on what we come to, but i don't want to get ahead of the game here. i think we will learn more as we go forward with petraeus and then with hearings following that....